Vista Murrieta High School Student Tests Positive For TB

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MURRIETA (CBSLA.com) — Families in Murrieta are on edge after a high school student tested positive for tuberculosis.

The student at Vista Murrieta High School tested positive for an active case of the lung and throat disease, known to spread through the air.

Murrieta Valley Unified School District found out about the infected student Wednesday, and by Thursday morning Vista Murrieta parents were notified. The school is expected to be closed on Friday.

“I just got a call and e-mail and I thought, great,” concerned mother Deanne Hazel said.

Part of the letter sent to parents says the student is not in school and will not return until it’s safe to do so.

The district is not identifying the student, but spokeswoman Karen Parris confirmed the teenager is being treated and is expected to make a full recovery.

“The health department has assured us that the potential for transmission is very low, and we’re hoping that will be the case,” Parris said. She acknowledged, though, that several hundred students could have been exposed to the infected child.